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The Rainbow Fish is an award-winning children's book drawn and written by Marcus Pfister, and translated into English by J. Alison James. The book is best known for its morals about the value of being an individual and for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish. DHX Media turned the story into a 26-episode animated television series of the same name, which has aired on the HBO Family\television channel in the United States since 2000.

Plot

The story tells of a fish with shiny, multi-colored scales named Rainbow Fish. He is always fond of his scales. But one day, his small fish friend asks him if he could have one. Rainbow Fish refuses, since he thinks his scales belong to him alone. After this, he loses all of his fish friends, since he won't share.

Feeling upset, his only friend left, the starfish, tells him to go visit the mysterious octopus for advice. Rainbow Fish finds the octopus and asks what he should do. The octopus tells him that he should give his friends his scales, that way he can keep his friends.

When he encounters the small fish a second time, the Rainbow Fish gives him one of his precious scales, and is very soon surrounded by other fish requesting scales. Eventually, the Rainbow Fish has only one shiny scale left, but he is no longer vain. He spends his days playing happily with the other fish.

The moral

One interpretation is that Materialism is the driving force behind the world. One cannot have friends without buying them first. Others argue that this book maintains a socialistic undertone promoting children to emulate these political methods.

Criticism

Critics of the book believe that its main purpose is to promote the idea of socialism and income redistribution to small children, and to demonize the idea of individualism and personal property. It could be seen as promoting Communism.

The critics' claim is that the story does not promote healthy sharing, but rather advances the idea of a socialist society where wealth is redistributed to the point where everyone has the same amount of wealth, and individualism and capitalism are wrong and should be shunned. These ideas are in contrast with traditional American values, and are seen by some as a way to undermine them.

Neal Boortz argues that the book is "insidious", because it "aims at human beings who are still at their most impressionable age.." and "too many American parents have no idea just what kind of message they're imparting..." because parents and teachers see the book as story with a "sharing and vanity moral" instead of the straightforward text of the material.

The series

The story has also become a television series. The series does not, however, follow the plot of the book; rather it takes the character and the setting and creates a new story with them. There have been some characters added and others embellished upon for the purposes of the show. In the series, the place where the fish live is called Neptune Bay (It is named after Neptune (mythology), god of sea). The fish all attend school, which is aptly named "The School of Fish". There is a shipwreck called "Shipwreck Park" in the series that resembles the Titanic.

Characters

Rainbow Fish : The proud, vibrant fish that lives with his mother and father. His favorite movie is Claminator 12. He loves it so much that it can lead to problems. He likes to play Clam ball, a fictional game.

Principal Gefilte : The proud Principal of The School of Fish, he is strict about behavior. Sometimes, he can get vain. Rainbow gets annoyed when he insists that they all have to write book reports.

Sea Filly : In one of the episodes, she is a new girl in school. She is a beautiful seahorse, though she is half girl, half seahorse. She eventually becomes friends with Rainbow and Blue. She is often seen reading books

Blue : Rainbow's best friend, who is more down-to-earth and thoughtful than Rainbow. He also enjoys playing Clam ball, and also loves Claminator 12. He is a blue fish and has a baby sister called Turquoise. She is a turquoise fish.

Ruby : She is Rainbow's younger sister. She is rude, bossy, stupid, unintelligent and ruby-colored. Sometimes, she gets Rainbow into trouble. She has her own personal nickname for Rainbow; she calls him "Barnacle Boy". This loosely implies that she watches Spongebob Squarepants lots, probably on the TV that Rainbow has in the house where they live.

Mrs. Chips : The teacher of the school. She teaches history, mathematics, science, and literature.

Wanda : She is the owner of the Neptune Bay fast food restaurant. She very wise and when Rainbow is down she will always gives him advice. Wanda is an octopus.

Chomper and Stingo : The two bullies of the school. They do not really commit acts of physical violence but they can bully and tease Rainbow and his friends. Chomper is a shark while Stingo is a stingray.

Sherman : The smallest of the school. He is a salt-water shrimp. To him everything looks big. In the episode where he arrives to Neptune Bay, Rainbow treats Sherman as a shrimp. In the end when Rainbow gets stuck deep in the bowels of a shipwreck, Sherman hears from the TV and goes and rescues Rainbow. Rainbow apologizes for his behavior.

Sol and Aqua : Aqua is an aqua-colored fish and is Rainbow's Mom. Sol is purple and is Rainbow's dad. They help their daughter and son whatever way they can and will always provide them with great courage.

Sir Sword : Local swordfish, upper-class and a bit of a busybody. He is sometimes grumpy, sometimes civil, but always seems to think he is better than everyone else. Plays Santa Sword to the kids at the local Guppies hospital.

Ret and Snapper : The two builders. They appear in only one episode, Moving Away. Rainbow thinks they are going to be moving and Ret and Snapper will buy the house. He and his friends plan to make the house as much of a wreck as possible in order to put off any potential buyers. His parents reveal they were going to build a new recreation room.

Goldie : She appears in only one episode, Shy Blue. She has a crush on Blue, and Rainbow attempts to bring them together. However, Chomper and Stingo soon ruin the plan.

Rainbow's other classmates : They do not speak in any episode, but, however, they are different shapes, sizes and color. The first one is: a brown fish, the second one: has long body and colored violet, the third one: colored gold and has a redish-like lips, the last one: has a sleek body and has the same color as the second one. Their names aren't revealed in any episode since.

Episodes

• Book Report

• Director de. Rainbow

• Fish Alone

• The New Girl

• Romantic Dinner

• Moving Away

• Babysitting

• Shy Blue

• "Rainbow gets an A"

• Halloween under H2O

• Prehostoric Pal

• The Angel Fish

• Rainbow's Pen Pal

• Easter under the sea

• Ruby Slips In

• Cave Mates

• Sherman Shrimp

References

1. ^ Award Winning Children’s Book promotes Socialism
2. ^ Boortz, Neal (2007) Somebody's Gotta Say It Hardback Harper Collins pgs 65-70

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